Burvik, leading the case against Pump. Fun, claims that the forum allows aggressive tokens to target their family in an attempt to intimidate him.
Pump.fun, a widely used meme coin is built on launchpad solan (SOL) blockchain, has obtained traction as a platform where users can make on tokens within minutes Are and can speculate.
Although it has promoted enthusiasm in the Digen Trading community, it has also expressed concern over manipulation, rug and unregistered securities in the market.
In the last one month, pump.fun has become the center of a legal battle, facing several cases of Barvic law, alleging that the platform is compulsorily crashed before increasing the prices of tokens artificially before crashing. Makes profits.
What started as a regulator and financial dispute is now taken on a personal dimension.
The legal battle under the leadership of Attorney Max Burvik, has moved beyond the court room, alleging that the pump. Fun is being used to target him and his family.
The token referred to her cognitively disabled sister, her widowed mother, and allegedly funding efforts associated with them, which have surfaced on the stage.
In a statement to crypto.news, he said:
“I hope to protest in my work, but I will not tolerate the dangers and oppression directed on my family.”
Before addressing these allegations, it is important to investigate the ongoing legal battle that caused the situation to cause this situation.
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The first major case against Pump. Fun was filed by Barvik Law and Wolf Popper LLP on 16 January. The complaint accused the platform of violating the laws of American securities by facilitating the sale of unregistered securities under the guise of meme tokens.
The case focused on the peanut the squirrel, a token that had experienced an artificial price increase due to allegedly impressive promotion, only after falling soon – left with significant damage to traders.
On January 30, a second lawsuit expanded the allegations against the Baton Corporation Limited, the pump operator, and the major persons behind the stage.
This time, the complaint accused the company of running a pump-end-dump model, which withdraws a fee of about $ 500 million from traders, while aggressive marketing tokens that later loses most of their values. .
One of the plaintiffs, investor Diego Aguler cited his loss on tokens such as FWOG and Griffen, which was heavily publicized before experienced in a fast price.
As of 5 February, the legal campaign increased with a conflict and desired letter from the Burvic Law and Wolf Popper LLP. The letter allegedly demanded the removal of several tokens, which was misused by the names, in which Dogshit 2 and others were associated with their firms.
The letter warned that continuous inactivity could result in legal consequences, arguing that these unauthorized token deployments were not only misleading, but also legally to take action.
Allegations of harassment and reaction of Barvik
While the cases against Pump. Fun were already important, the situation increased further when users allegedly created highly aggressive tokens that targeted Barvik and his family.
Between the tokens “Max Barvik Sister (Rachel)” and “Max Barvik Retard Sister (Rachel)”, refer to your cognitively disabled sister “help. Others allegedly used their mother’s image.
Bervik has since filed a police report and extended the situation for a criminal investigation. Speaking on this matter, he said:
“As a lawyer, my responsibility is to represent my customers enthusiastically. I hope to protest in my work, but I will not tolerate the dangers and harassment directed on my family. Pump.fun has made it smooth and continues to facilitate the sale of tokens with personal information of my family, including my grieving mother’s images – whose husband, my father, passed away less than a year ago. – And my cognitively disabled sister. ,
Beyond the target of his family, Barvik claims that these tokens are being used for unauthorized money raising efforts, the public is misleading to believe that money is being directed to his family when they Are not there.
“This is not only a targeted harassment, but it is a direct attempt to scare me from chasing litigation on behalf of my customers. Even more distracted, the platform is allowing efforts to raise unauthorized money using these images, to believe the public confusing that these efforts benefit my family when they do not. ,
Barvik insisted that these tasks would not be able to stop him from chasing the case.
“As a result, I have filed a police report and extended the issue for a criminal investigation. I also hope that my family will be the same. This strategy will not prevent me from representing the best of my customers, the best of my abilities and within the limits of law. ,
He also reflected the position taken on his family, especially his sister, on an emotional toll, which he says that what is happening is also not understood.
“It is sad to see people using my sister in this way. She will not understand this because she is limited in her cognitive abilities, but it says a lot about people and their priorities. His photo was taken from a real funderizer. ,
Crypto.news so far pump for commenting on these developments.
